I have been trying to keep Ivan's interest in books of late and failing dismally. That was actually until about forty minutes ago. I had given him some new Bob The Builder books and was showing him the trucks and characters whilst reading out some of the text. He kept looking away from the book and I noticed he was looking at my pile of cookery books. I asked him whether he wanted to go and get one to look at. SUCCESS !!! Books that contain all sorts of yummy cakes and delicious deserts appear to have captured his attention and he is still there looking through the books with great interest. What is great is that he is calling out things with excitement that he can see in the pictures. I think we can safely call that a result :)
All of this has reminded me of a website that I got ages ago CAKE MATHS which I used with Lionel and Angelica a while ago to broach the subject of Fractions with her. I think children relate better to things that appeal to them as opposed to a workbook that looks dull for them to look at.
I am very pleased with Ivan actually enjoying these cookery books I really am. I have tried all sorts of books over the past two years with little success so this is brilliant. Now I feel a Freecycle post coming on for more cookery books !
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